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passāso

passāsa

masc nom sg of passāsa (noun)

1. exhalation; breathing out; lit. breathing forward

Etymology. pa + √sas > sās + *a; from √sas 'breath'; Sanskrit praśvāsa (inhaling) [praśvas]

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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